From 10c39c33bf88490d3d0127bf7175ee48ea7e3cf1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Steinberger <steipete@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2026 17:06:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] test(parallels): accept silent Windows background starts

---
 scripts/e2e/parallels/windows-smoke.ts     | 4 ++++
 test/scripts/parallels-smoke-model.test.ts | 1 +
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/e2e/parallels/windows-smoke.ts b/scripts/e2e/parallels/windows-smoke.ts
index 33f3975dd6a..c7812787a69 100755
--- a/scripts/e2e/parallels/windows-smoke.ts
+++ b/scripts/e2e/parallels/windows-smoke.ts
@@ -688,6 +688,10 @@ Start-Process -FilePath powershell.exe -WindowStyle Hidden -ArgumentList @('-NoP
       );
       const launchLog = await readFile(launchLogPath, "utf8").catch(() => "");
       this.log(launchLog);
+      if (launchStatus === 0 && launchLog.includes("started")) {
+        launched = true;
+        break;
+      }
       if (launchStatus === 0 || launchStatus === 124) {
         const materialized = this.waitForBackgroundMaterialized(pathsScript, 45_000);
         if (!materialized) {
diff --git a/test/scripts/parallels-smoke-model.test.ts b/test/scripts/parallels-smoke-model.test.ts
index d82cfe50950..997fb77f162 100644
--- a/test/scripts/parallels-smoke-model.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/parallels-smoke-model.test.ts
@@ -375,6 +375,7 @@ console.log(resolveUbuntuVmName("Ubuntu missing"));
     expect(script).toContain("__OPENCLAW_LOG_OFFSET__");
     expect(script).toContain("result.status !== 0 && result.status !== 124");
     expect(script).toContain("Start-Process -FilePath powershell.exe");
+    expect(script).toContain('launchLog.includes("started")');
     expect(script).toContain("waitForBackgroundMaterialized(pathsScript, 45_000)");
   });